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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with iGrafx Platform

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate iGrafx Platform with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate iGrafx Platform with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to iGrafx Platform.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to iGrafx Platform with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

To get started, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
  • iGrafx Platform single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.

  • iGrafx Platform supports SP initiated SSO.

  • iGrafx Platform supports Just In Time user provisioning.

To configure the integration of iGrafx Platform into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add iGrafx Platform from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
  3. In the Add from the gallery section, type iGrafx Platform in the search box.
  4. Select iGrafx Platform from results panel and then add the app. Wait a few seconds while the app is added to your tenant.

Alternatively, you can also use the Enterprise App Configuration Wizard. In this wizard, you can add an application to your tenant, add users/groups to the app, assign roles, as well as walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for iGrafx Platform

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with iGrafx Platform using a test user called B.Simon. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in iGrafx Platform.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with iGrafx Platform, perform the following steps:

  1. Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
    1. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
    2. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
  2. Configure iGrafx Platform SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create iGrafx Platform test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in iGrafx Platform that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
  3. Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > iGrafx Platform > Single sign-on.

  3. On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.

  4. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Screenshot shows to edit Basic S A M L Configuration.

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using one of the following patterns:

    Identifier
    https://<SUBDOMAIN>.igrafxcloud.com/saml/metadata
    https://<SUBDOMAIN>.igrafxdemo.com/saml/metadata
    https://<SUBDOMAIN>.igrafxtraining.com/saml/metadata
    https://<SUBDOMAIN>.igrafx.com/saml/metadata

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using one of the following patterns:

    Reply URL
    https://<SUBDOMAIN>.igrafxcloud.com/
    https://<SUBDOMAIN>.igrafxdemo.com/
    https://<SUBDOMAIN>.igrafxtraining.com/
    https://<SUBDOMAIN>.igrafx.com/

    c. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using one of the following patterns:

    Sign on URL
    https://<SUBDOMAIN>.igrafxcloud.com/
    https://<SUBDOMAIN>.igrafxdemo.com/
    https://<SUBDOMAIN>.igrafxtraining.com/
    https://<SUBDOMAIN>.igrafx.com/

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign on URL. Contact iGrafx Platform Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  6. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click copy button to copy App Federation Metadata Url and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot shows the Certificate download link.

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Users > All users.
  3. Select New user > Create new user, at the top of the screen.
  4. In the User properties, follow these steps:
    1. In the Display name field, enter B.Simon.
    2. In the User principal name field, enter the username@companydomain.extension. For example, B.Simon@contoso.com.
    3. Select the Show password check box, and then write down the value that's displayed in the Password box.
    4. Select Review + create.
  5. Select Create.

Assign the Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use single sign-on by granting access to iGrafx Platform.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > iGrafx Platform.
  3. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
    1. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
    2. If you are expecting a role to be assigned to the users, you can select it from the Select a role dropdown. If no role has been set up for this app, you see "Default Access" role selected.
    3. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure iGrafx Platform SSO

To configure single sign-on on iGrafx Platform side, you need to send the App Federation Metadata Url to iGrafx Platform support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create iGrafx Platform test user

In this section, a user called B.Simon is created in iGrafx Platform. iGrafx Platform supports just-in-time provisioning, which is enabled by default. There is no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in iGrafx Platform, a new one is created when you attempt to access iGrafx Platform.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.

  • Click on Test this application, this will redirect to iGrafx Platform Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to iGrafx Platform Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the iGrafx Platform tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to iGrafx Platform Sign-on URL. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure iGrafx Platform you can enforce session control, which protects exfiltration and infiltration of your organization’s sensitive data in real time. Session control extends from Conditional Access. Learn how to enforce session control with Microsoft Cloud App Security.